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ORANGE HOLDER. No. 527,603. I Patented Oct. 16, 1894'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEoRGE A. GLAHN, 0E wALLINGEoRD, CONNECTICUT, AssIGNoR TO SIMPSON, HALL, MILLER & 00., 0E sAME PLACE.

ORANGE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,603, dated October 16, 1894.

Application filed February 17, 1894. erial No. 500,534- (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. GLAHN, of Wallingford, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Orange-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification and represents a view, partly in side elevation and partly in section, of one form which an orange-holder constructed in accordance with my invention may assume.

My invention relates to an improvement in appointments for the table, and more particularly to orange-holders, the object being to produce a simple and convenient device for holding an orange, whereby it may be eaten without soiling the fingers or the cloth.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in certain details of construction as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, I may construct my improved orange-holder in a variety of forms, as fancy and circumstances may dictate, both as to the shape of the cup and as to the construction and arrangementof the fingers for retaining the orange against rotation therein.

As shown in the drawing, the device has the general appearance of a low vase of classical form, and comprises a flaring cup A, a foot or standard B, and handles 0 of ornamental shape. The cup A is adapted in size to receive half of an orange, and provided at opposite points upon its outer surface with two outwardly projecting vertically slotted lugs D D, to which the handles 0 C before mentioned are pivotally secured, by means of pins (1 d. Each of the said handles is constructed at its upper end with an inwardly hooked pointedv retaining finger C, and at its lower end with an inwardly extending, scroll-shaped stop 0 The cup itself is also constructed with two openings or a, located near its upper edge at points opposite each other, and arranged in line with the fingers C of the respective handles, so that when the same are lifted and swung inward on their pivots, the

said fingers will be projected through the said openings, and enter the cup and the orange therein, and inasmuch as the handles and hence the fingers move in a circular path, the fingers will strike downwardly into the orange, and hold the same firmly against rotation, while it in turn will prevent them from falling back into their normal positions. After the orange has been eaten, the handles are grasped orstruck by the hand, and thrown back into theirnormal positions, whereby the fingers are not only withdrawn from the orange, but also entirely from the interior of the cup, being stopped with their points Within the openings in the cup by means of the engagement of the stops with the outer face thereof. When therefore the handles are in their open or normal positions, the cup may be cleaned with as much facility as though the handles and fingers were not present. At the same time the points of the fingers are never exposed upon the outer surface of the cup, so that they will not be caught in wiping the same, nor can they prick the fingers of the user. 7

Of course it is apparent that I may vary the general form and style of the cup and handles, and that I may employ one, or three, or more handles, as preferred.

I would therefore have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, but hold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.'

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An orange holder comprising a cup adapted to receive an orange, and furnished with one or more pivotal fingers constructed to be projected into the cup through openings formed therein to enter the orange and prevent the same from rotation, substantially as described.

2. In an orange-holder, the combination with a cup adapted to receive an orange, constructed near its upper edge with an opening, and provided upon its outer face with a lug, of a handle pivoted in the said lug, and constructed at its upper end with an inwardly projecting finger arranged in line with the In testimony whereof I have signed this opening in the cup, and at its lower end with specification in the presence of two subscriblo a stop, substantially as set forth, and whereby ing witnesses. when the handle is turned inward on its pivot, a

its finger will be projected through the said opening into the interior of the cup and into Witnesses: the orange therein which it will hold against F. B. NORTHROP, rotation. (3.11. BROWN.

GEORGE A. GLAHN. 

